But does Angela Huff have what it takes to be the district’s No. That’s the question school board members are asking themselves after their first full day of speed dating with the three remaining candidates in the running for superintendent of Metro Nashville Public Schools.

“She represents the void that people feel in communication,” said Mary Pierce, the school board’s member from the Hillsboro cluster. The district’s teacher corps should better reflect their student body. A student’s education shouldn’t depend on their area code. Everyone wants to be in Nashville, the 'It City,' she repeated throughout the day, and Metro Schools should be an 'It" district.